The Constitution seems to be a suicide pact

[Cyrano]

A lawless madman in the White House, surrounded by sycophants, fucking up everything he touches.

A cabinet filled with thugs, destroying the departments they're in charge of.

A Republican Party in control of both houses of congress, refusing to stop the insanity.

And the rest of us sitting around, powerless, hoping to make it to Nov., and then win.

We're playing by the rules of the Constitution. They aren't

Is there a Plan B? Anyone?

[NCTraveler]

1. I don't feel as powerless as you.

Elections have consequences.

What was your plan A?

[Iwasthere]

2. We are playing by the rules, they are not

Nice guys finish last

[LanternWaste]

13. Unsupported bumper stickers don't double as wisdom.

"Nice guys finish last..."

Unsupported bumper stickers don't double as wisdom.

[NCTraveler]

14. I don't do empty sloganeering. nt

[Oneironaut]

3. The government is only valid if those in it play by the rules.

They’re not at the moment. Congress is supposed to stop a tyrant like Trump, but they’re complicit.

That means we need to vote them all out in 2018. We also need Democrats who will stand up to Trump.

[brooklynite]

4. Good thing there isn't a Plan B...

We're a Constitutional Republic. We follow the rules of the Constitution. If not, there's no reason to assume that our leaders will be protected by it when they're in office.

[PoliticAverse]

5. "Is there a Plan B? Anyone?" - elections in 166 days.

https://days.to/election-day-in-us/2018

[el_bryanto]

6. I guess revolution

I am unsure that will make things better though.

Bryant

[maxsolomon]

7. If the elections are corrupted, there is no Plan B

Putin has exposed our Republic/Democracy as laughably vulnerable to Authoritarianism.

We depended on so many unwritten rules and norms. Trump flouted them all and won. Now he has the hammer, as they say in Curling.

I think flibberdigibbet Trumpist voters will tire of President Asshole approximately 1 week after his 2nd term starts, and by the end you won't find anyone who can remember voting for him once, let alone twice.

Barron will have grown into a strapping young man by then; maybe Trump can just dispense with Democracy and have him installed.

[hedda_foil]

8. The only Plan B I can think of is unlikely but here goes.

Rosenstein approves Mueller's indicting Trump while he's the sitting president. Trump immediately appeals. Whatever the result, the case goes to the Supreme Court, which can consider it immediately if they wish (as I suppose they would). They would potentially have the power to decide whether or not a sitting president can be indicted.

It's somewhere between unlikely and extremely unlikely.

[peggysue2]

9. The Constitution is not and never has been a suicide pact

It is and has been a life preserver for the Republic and its people. It is and has been a model for countries around the world. Yes, there are corrupt players attempting to shred the Constitution and end the Rule of Law.

They have not succeeded nor will they.

We are not powerless. We have our voices, our vote. We have the Rule of Law and the Constitution to gird and strengthen our purpose.

Resist doing the work of the corrupt and lawless. Despair and/or calls for 'other remedies' simply aid the Trumpists, the outlaws, the mobsters.

So, no. There is no Plan B. Because anything outside the Constitution and the Rule of Law would be self-defeating. We are a country of laws, not men. Once we discard that idea, we truly are on the road to perdition.

[Uncle Joe]

11. +1

[kairos12]

10. This is about the size of it.

[Victor_c3]

12. What about the second amendment?

That’s the republican solution to a government they don’t like is....